| Week | Dates | Topics | Chapters in Book | Homework |
| Assignment | ||||
| 1 | Mon 8/26 - Thur 8/29 | Introduction, Heat | Halliday 19 | Set 1, Due Tue 9/3 |
| Monday, Sept 2 | No class (Labor Day) | |||
| 2 | Tue 9/3 - Thur 9/5 | Kinetic Theory | Halliday 20 | Set 2, Due Tue 9/10 |
| 3 | Mon 9/9 - Thur 9/12 | Thermodynamics | Halliday 21 | Set 3, Due Tue 9/17 |
| 4 | Mon 9/16 - Thur 9/19 | The Birth of Modern Physics | Thornton & Rex 1 | Set 4, Due Tue 9/24 |
| Thursday, Sept 19 | First Midterm Exam | Covers Weeks 1-4 | ||
| 5 | Mon 9/23 - Thur 9/26 | Special Relativity | Thornton & Rex 2 | Set 5, Due Tue 10/1 |
| 6 | Mon 9/30 - Thur 10/3 | Photons | Thornton & Rex 3 | Set 6, Due Tue 10/8 |
| 7 | Mon 10/7 - Thur 10/10 | Atomic Structure | Thornton & Rex 4 | Set 7, Due Tue 10/15 |
| 8 | Mon 10/14 - Thur 10/17 | Waves | Thornton & Rex 5 | Set 8, Due Tue 10/22 |
| Thursday, Oct 17 | Second Midterm Exam | Covers Weeks 5-8 | ||
| 9 | Mon 10/21 - Thur 10/24 | Quantum Theory | Thornton & Rex 6 | Set 9, Due Tue 10/29 |
| 10 | Mon 10/28 - Thur 10/31 | The Hydrogen Atom | Thornton & Rex 7 | Set 10, Due Tue 11/5 |
| 11 | Mon 11/4 - Thur 11/7 | Many-Electron Atoms | Thornton & Rex 8 | Set 11, Due Tue 11/12 |
| 12 | Mon 11/11 - Thur 11/14 | Nuclear Properties | Thornton & Rex 12 | Set 12, Due Tue 11/19 |
| Thursday, Nov 14 | Third Midterm Exam | Covers Weeks 9-12 | ||
| 13 | Mon 11/18 - Thur 11/21 | Nuclear Interactions | Thornton & Rex 13 | Set 13, Due Tue 11/26 |
| 14 | Mon 11/25 - Wed 11/27 | Elementary Particles | Thornton & Rex 14 | Set 14, Due Tue 12/3 |
| Thursday, Nov 28 | No class (Thanksgiving) | |||
| 15 | Mon 12/2 - Thur 12/5 | Cosmology | Thornton & Rex 16 | |
| 16 | Tuesday, December 10 | Final Exam, 12:45 - 2:45 pm | Covers entire course |